Tuesday, June 24, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE JUNE 24, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
JUNE 24, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on travel to Erbil, Iraq, and Brussels, Belgium. He is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Robert Beecroft, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute, European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran Brett McGurk, Consul General Joseph Pennington, National Security Council Senior Director Robert Malley, National Security Council Advisor Charles Kupchan, Spokesperson Jen Psaki, and Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd, JCS.
9:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Kurdistan Regional Leaders, in Erbil, Iraq.
5:30 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with the Quint, in Brussels, Belgium.
7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with NATO Foreign Ministers, in Brussels, Belgium.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
10:00 a.m.
 Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai, at the Department of State.
11:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, at the Department of State.
1:30 p.m.
 Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, at the Department of State.
DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM
12:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom delivers remarks at an event hosted by the American Security Project, on Capitol Hill.
3:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom meets with members of the U.S. Advisory Committee for Publish What You Fund, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH
Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Sherman briefs House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on the P5+1 discussions with Iran, on Capitol Hill.
5:00 p.m.
 Under Secretary Sherman briefs Senate Leadership on P5+1 Discussions with Iran, on Capitol Hill.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHY NOVELLI
11:15 a.m. 
Under Secretary Novelli meets with members of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWALL
Under Secretary Sewall is on travel to Honduras to discuss bilateral and regional issues, human rights, and security cooperation with government officials, civil society leaders and other key stakeholders.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON
10:00 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with UK Ambassador-designate to Egypt John Casson, at the Department of State.
11:15 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia William Todd, at the Department of State.
12:30 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets for lunch with Russian Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak, at the Ambassador’s residence.
7:00 p.m. Counselor Shannon attends a dinner with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hosted by Singapore's Ambassador to the U.S. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri, at the Ambassador’s residence.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL PETER SELFRIDGE
Ambassador Selfridge leads an Experience America trip to Seattle, Washington with members of the foreign Diplomatic Corps and their spouses from June 24th-28thExperience America trips build relationships, encourage business investment and trade, provide a forum for dialogue, and create opportunity for interchange between Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions and American leaders in a wide array of fields.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Uzbekistani Ambassador to the U.S. Bakhtiyar Gulyamov, at the Department of State.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN 
Assistant Secretary Countryman participates in NATO’s annual Weapons of Mass Destruction conference June 23-24 in Interlaken, Switzerland.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD
Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield participates in the 23rd African Union Summit, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea from June 24-28
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
11:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND 
Assistant Secretary Nuland is on foreign travel through June 30 to Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Dublin, Belfast, and Reykjavik. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
11:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with New Zealand Deputy Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Gerard van Bohemen, at the Department of State.
3:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Tony Lake, at the State Department.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD 
Assistant Secretary Richard is on travel to Lisbon, Portugal where she will represent the United States at the 12thplenary meeting of the Transatlantic Council on Migration.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan attends the Women in Public Service Project Council Meeting, in Washington, DC.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Rivkin delivers the keynote address at the American Chamber of Commerce Annual U.S.-Egypt Business Council Doorknock Mission, in Washington DC.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR DEBORAH L. BIRX:
9:00 a.m. Ambassador Birx participates in a roundtable discussion, “What’s Next in Ending Pediatric AIDS?" hosted by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, at the Pew Charitable Trust.


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